The European Union and its Member States signed today the EU’s new overarching development policy, aiming to tackle climate change, migration and security problems. The jointly developed strategy, in the form of a Joint Statement, was signed today during the annual two-day European Development Days by Parliament President Antonio Tajani, the Prime Minister of Malta, … Read more
Kick-start of new “Skills Initiative for Africa”, to create jobs and income opportunities for Africa’s youth The growing extent of youth unemployment poses a fundamental challenge for the whole of Africa. In total, around 60 percent of the unemployed are under the age of 25 and young women are especially affected. It is against this … Read more
Karsten Weitzenegger supports ACTION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT http://action4sd.org and calls civil society organisations to become members of this global platform. From the Mission Statement We see the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as opportunities to move towards such transformation. If these commitments are met, we have a chance … Read more
GIZ Programme Support for Economic Cooperation in Sub-Regional Initiatives in Asia GIZ SCSI facilitates two Trainings for GTI in Beijing and Ulaanbaatar From September 22-23, SCSI hosted a training in Beijing to enhance the communication capacity for the Secretariat of the Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI). Participants that attended the workshop included GTI Secretariat staff, as … Read more
Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming The external evaluation of Finland’s Aid for Trade Action Plan 2012-2015 brings clear implications for future trade related development policy and private sector instruments. It finds that Finland’s Aid for Trade portfolio is relevant and has produced results in several strong sectors, but that strategic guidance, coordination and … Read more
Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming The TRAQUE programme in Ghana was a relevant and partially effective but operationally constrained Aid for Trade intervention that strengthened elements of national trade and quality systems, while falling short on more ambitious institutional reforms such as a national accreditation body and warehouse receipt system within the available … Read more
Evaluation of Finnish Aid for Trade – Free Webinar Monday, June 13, 2016 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CEST Register now: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2812033248815322370 Finland’s Action Plan for Aid for Trade 2012 – 2015 “Creating jobs through private sector and trade development” was evaluated. It was interesting, how the cross cutting objectives and human rights based approach … Read more
Foro Emprendedurismo para jóvenes en desventaja social Desarrollo de habilidades emprendedoras en la formación profesional de jóvenes en desventaja social El Programa ‘Desarrollo de habilidades en la formación profesional de desventaja social en Centroamérica’ de la GIZ financiado por el Ministerio Federal de Cooperación Económica y Desarrollo de Alemania (BMZ) 2012-2013, esta cerrado. El grupo … Read more
PTB appraisal mission to Sri Lanka Background Within the framework of its international technical cooperation, funded by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German National Metrology Institute “PTB” (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) is preparing a new bilateral cooperation with Sri Lanka in the field of Quality Infrastructure (QI). Objectives In view of the … Read more
What’s s happening in development evaluation? How often do development projects include evaluation – and what kinds? How are evaluators chosen? How big are their budgets? How satisfactory are their results? To provide a snapshot of development evaluation today, the Society for International Development’s Washington Chapter partnered with Charney Research to survey development professionals, including … Read more
What matters to me more than who is right or wrong, is that we need to draw on each and every method to deepen our understanding of what happened, how and why. More: Embrace all evaluation methods – can we end the debate? | Independent Evaluation Group.
Berlin – Today German federal development minister Dirk Niebel and his State Secretary Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz have opened the new independent evaluation institute of the German developing cooperation with the name “DEval”. The independent evaluation institute DEval is owned by the Federal Government and has 38 staff based in Bonn. It is headed by the renowned … Read more
